Why Trump’s alarmist message on immigration may be resonating beyond his base
WASHINGTON — The video shared by former President Donald Trump features horror movie music and footage of migrants purportedly entering the U.S. from countries including Cameroon, Afghanistan and China. Shots of men with tattoos and videos of violent crime are set against close-ups of people waving and wrapping themselves in American flags.
Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona from Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102
HONOLULU — Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona battleship that exploded and sank during the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102.
Bees causing a buzz: County bill would change how beehives, apiaries are regulated
The Big Island will be abuzz Tuesday about a proposal to allow bees to be kept on residential and other properties.
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke
SAN FRANCISCO — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, the company said it planned to roll out a “scratch and sniff” feature on its search engine.
Big rent-to-own housing push by Home Lands agency praised, pilloried
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is pursuing its biggest homestead development initiative in history, but one expanding piece of the plan aimed at helping low-income beneficiaries is distressing some stakeholders.
PHOTOS: Waikoloa Plaza Spring Festival
Keiki were treated to a day of family fun Saturday at the Waikoloa Plaza Spring Festival.
Bill proposes charter amendment to extend council terms from 2 to 4 years
Hawaii County Council members could serve for 12 consecutive years under an upcoming council proposal.
Hula students impacted by wildfire to perform at Merrie Monarch Ho‘ike
Fifteen hula students from Maui’s Lahainaluna High School are about to take a trip of a lifetime to experience the 61st annual Merrie Monarch Festival.
Some of Trump’s allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons
WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his ideas are being met with little pushback and some enthusiasm by a new era of Republicans in Congress.
DA suggests Donald Trump violated gag order with post about daughter of hush-money trial judge
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors suggested Friday that Donald Trump violated a gag order in his hush-money criminal case this week by assailing the judge’s daughter and making a false claim about her on social media.
Kealakehe Global Studies students reach the “Sweet 16”
Students in Kealakehe High School’s Global Studies after school class have picked up national awards this year and one team has made it it the “Sweet 16” at the International Public Policy Forum competition.
Many Americans say immigrants contribute to economy but there’s worry over risks, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON — Americans are more worried about legal immigrants committing crimes in the U.S. than they were a few years ago, a change driven largely by increased concern among Republicans, while Democrats continue to see a broad range of benefits from immigration, a new poll shows.
It’s a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits
ACCRA, Ghana — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa.
Kona teacher turns to AI to help with the workload
Sam Anderson-Moxley, a middle school teacher at West Hawaii Explorations Academy, has come up with a program to save educators time using artificial intelligence.
More housing in less space: Bill moving through Legislature aims to increase densities in urban areas
Hawaii’s urban housing density could more than triple under a new zoning proposal sailing through the state Legislature.
Merrie Monarch Festival voted No. 1 in USA Today readers’ poll
The Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo has been named the top cultural festival in the United States by the readers of USA Today.
Hawaii says 30 Lahaina fire survivors are moving into housing daily but 3,000 are still in hotels
HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Wednesday some 3,000 people displaced by Lahaina’s wildfires are still living in hotels more than seven months after the August blaze but that up to 30 people are moving to longer-term housing each day.
A $500K house was built on the wrong Hawaii lot. A legal fight is unfolding over the mix-up
A woman who purchased a vacant lot in Puna was surprised to find out a $500,000 house was built on the property by mistake.
Trump evokes more anger and fear from Democrats than Biden does from Republicans, AP-NORC poll shows
ATLANTA — Many Americans are unenthusiastic about a November rematch of the 2020 presidential election. But presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump appears to stoke more anger and fear among Americans from his opposing party than President Joe Biden does from his.
Alleged abuser would ‘get mad’ if mom tried to feed 2-year-old: Mountain View man’s case moved to Hilo Circuit Court
The 23-year-old mother of a 2-year-old girl police say is the victim of “heinous abuse and starvation” told officers her live-in boyfriend would violently strike the child or withhold food from her as punishment for not showing respect, court documents state.
